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Contract for building 13 patrol boats !!
Following an European tender, Damen Shipyards Gorinchem has been awarded the contract for building 13 patrol boats to Korps Landelijke Politie Diensten (KLPD), belonging to the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and Koninklijke Marechaussee (KMar), belonging to the Dutch Ministry of Defence.
The vessels will be delivered in the course of 2007 and 2008 and will be of the following types:
7x Damen Stan Patrol 2005 MK 2, for KLPD, speed of 21 knots;
2x Damen Stan Patrol 2005, for KMar, with speed of 23 knots;
3x Damen Stan Patrol 2506, for KLPD, with speed of 24 knots;
1x Damen Stan Patrol 3407, for KMar, with speed of 15 knots.
All 9 vessels for KLPD will be for inland patrolling duties, whereas all vessels for KMar will also be of the seagoing type.
http://www.damen.nl/Upload/Resized/News/_thumbs/thn4_mID_5698_cID_4709_AIP%20SPa%202506-9-1.jpgDamen Stan Patrol 2005
http://www.damen.nl/Upload/Resized/Products/_thumbs/thn4_mID_6347_cID_5358_AIP-SPa-2606-1.jpgDamen Stan Patrol 2506
http://home.wanadoo.nl/wlm/vaartuigen/Stormmeeuw/stormmeeuw%202005.jpgDamen Stan Patrol 3407 (in Douane-kleuren)